Chicago Tribune - Aug 1, 2018 The only time I remember my father elaborating on his ancestry was at the end of a boozy Thanksgiving dinner when he told us that some Schmichs had come from the region of Alsace-Lorraine, where France meets Germany, and had run a brewery in ...

WXPR - Jul 27, 2018 The Division landed in Marseille in southern France and by early 1945 had advanced as far as the province of Alsace-Lorraine. In March and April the 14th Armored Division drove through the Rhineland and into Bavaria. By May 8th the Division had reached ...